Economic Development

Urban Renewal Areas for the City of Portland, Oregon. Urban renewal is a state-sanctioned program designed to help communities improve and redevelop areas that are physically deteriorated, unsafe, or poorly planned.

This polygon feature class surrounds the benefiting properties within local improvement districts (LIDs) that have been formed by City Council since 2001. Most LIDs are for street improvements, but LIDs have also been formed for aerial tram, streetcar, water main and sanitary sewer improvements.